A year ago, you didn't believe you were worthy enough or had strong enough fortitude to put yourself out there, but you developed the confidence to pull the trigger, and that shows tremendous strength and growth.
Today, still, Africans' strongest qualities are fortitude to the point of fatalism, close family and communal ties, tolerance and an ability to enjoy life.
Looking back, Sybil Smith noted her daughter's "mental fortitude," as strong then as it is now.
Cherished, adored and admired mother, grandmother and great grandmother, an exemplary woman of strong character, keen mind, fortitude and determination, she leaves behind a legacy of love and a family of solid and sound foundation.
This is comfort evoking the word's Latin roots — the strong "fort" lodged also in "fortitude" and "fortify".
When Haugen speaks to Christian audiences, he sometimes seems to be suggesting that only Christians have the fortitude to stand strong in the face of cruelty.
During a roundup of Polish refugees, the Hellers were sent to a labour camp in Sakha (Yakutia) in Siberia, where they withstood the attendant hardships chiefly through fortitude and their strong Roman Catholic faith.
And, of course, Ricky Jackson, for having the fortitude to stay strong through nearly 40 years of wrongful imprisonment and never give up on his innocence.
He showed a lot of fortitude and was too strong mentally.
Miss La Belle's craggy, tangy voice, by itself is a kind of monument to personal fortitude and self-motivation, although a strong romantic disappointment also colors her singing.
